Effects on the rate of increase in fetal girth of refeeding ewes after short periods of severe undernutrition during late pregnancy

The effect of different levels of nutrition during late pregnancy on the subsequent milk production of Blackface ewes and on the growth of their lambs

Jason N. Peart · The Journal of Agricultural Science · 1967 · 87 citations

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Nutrition +17

Daily Changes in the Curved Crown‐Rump Length of Individual Sheep Fetuses During the Last 60 Days of Pregnancy and Effects of Different Levels of Maternal Nutrition

David Mellor, I Matheson · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences · 1979 · 83 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Nutrition +11

Daily changes in foetal urine and relationships with amniotic and allantoic fluid and maternal plasma during the last two months of pregnancy in conscious, unstressed ewes with chronically implanted catheters

David Mellor, J.S. Slater · The Journal of Physiology · 1972 · 65 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Animal Sciences, Veterinary Physiology +14

Some behavioural and physiological changes in pregnant goats and sheep during adaptation to laboratory conditions

R. Anne Pearson, David Mellor · Research in Veterinary Science · 1976 · 57 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Animal Sciences, Veterinary Physiology +14

Effects of placental weight and maternal nutrition on the growth rates of individual fetuses in single and twin bearing ewes during late pregnancy

D. J. Mellor, Lucy Murray · Research in Veterinary Science · 1981 · 48 citations

Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Obstetrics +16